Improvement in embossing hat-linings



Teen-As WQBRAGHER, or NEW YORK, Y.

Letters Patent No. 110,891, dated 'January 10, 1871.

IMPROVEMENT |N`EMBoss|Ne `IAT-Llanuras..

The Schedule referred to in these .'I-etters` Patent and making part of the same.

To' all whomit may concern:

Be it known that I, THOMAS W. BRACHER, of the city, county, and State of New York, have inventeda new and useful Improvement in Hat-Innings; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description thereof, which will enable those skilled in the art to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawing forming part of this specification, in which drawing- Figure 1 is a'plan View of a hat-lining made according to my invention and applied to a hat.

' ,Figure 2 is a cross-section of the lining.

Similar letters indicate corresponding parts. This improvement consists in hat-linings embossed with iigures, ornaments, or characters, so that thesame are produced in relief upon the surface of the lining.

Italso consistsin illuminating the embossed igures or characters.

In carrying out my inventionl take a hat-nning', A

A, of silk, satin, or other -material vsuitable' for hati linings, and back it at the place where the embossing is to be applied with a backing, B, of paper, cloth, or

other fibrous or woven material, interposing size between the lining and backing so a's to make them adhere to each other. V to support and x the image or igure embossed upon the lining. l

y To the facepof the lining 'I apply metallic foil of thev sunken in its face, and I construct the counter-die therefrom by taking layers of pasteboard or other suitable material, which will receive and retain im- The object of the backing .s

z colors.

Vhat l clairn'as new, and desire to secure bylfj pressions, and subject the same to a series of i'mpresv sions with the die', until the sunken parts of thedl'e are fully formed thereon in relief, thereby producing a counter-die `of an elastic character and atl small cost.

I use the embossing-dies also. in connection with the ordinary plain type or blocks forv printing names or ornaments upon the hat-lining, and in the-present example I have combined the embossed impression with a plain printed border, C, which is arranged around the embossed ornaments.

The embossed portions ofthe design consist in this example of the ring Dand of the female bust E.

My invention also consists in illuminating the einbossed figures or ornaments by placing leaf of different colors uponthe lining,` where 'the different parts of the design are to be produced, so that the embossed impressions will be illuminated Letters Patent, is

1. The hat-lining,r A,'provided with 'a backing of paper, cloth,or woven material wherethe embossing is to be applied, with. size interposed between said backing and lining, substantially as and for the purpose described.

2. rlhe -face of the hat-lininr A, provided with metallic foil, as set forth, when the sameis subjected to pressure between embossing-dwaas and for the purpose herein shown and described.

3. Embossed.hat-linings, illuminated with two or more colors,l by placing leaves'of different colors :upon thelining where the dilierent impressions of the de# signs are to be produced.

This specification signed by September, 1870..

me thisv24th day of T. W. BRAGHER.

Witnesses:

W.- Hamm, E. F. KAsTENHUBER.

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